BARR APD 39

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort
    Keel Laid November 5 1943 - Launched December 28 1943

  1. USS BARR DE-576
    Commissioned February 15 1944

  2. USS BARR APD-39
    Converted to Crosley Class High Speed Transport (APD) October 23 1944
    Decommissioned July 12 1946

    Stricken June 1 1960
    Sunk March 23 1963 as target off Puerto Rico

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

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Killer Bar Text

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Locy Type
2z

1946-03-14

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Other Information

Earned 3 Battle Stars (WWII)
* Convoy Escort duty TG 21.11, May 1944
* Iwo Jima operation, March 1945
* Okinawa invasion, July 1945

BARR APD-39 was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender ceremony

NAMESAKE - Woodrow Wilson Barr USMC (June 8 1918 - August 7 1942)
Barr enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942. Private First Class Barr was killed in action at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, August 7 1942.

 


 

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